If you haven't already seen it, a Japanese site has highlighted a patent application by Olympus which centres around modified sensor microlenses of different heights that could help enable the efficiency of contrast detect autofocus.

I am detecting some signals that this may be linked to the promised solution for Four Thirds lens users. Anyway, the article via Google Translate can be found here:

I realised a long while ago that taking out a patent was not the same thing as bringing a product to market but can we infer from your mention that there is a real prospect that this one will actually materialise?

If you haven't already seen it, a Japanese site has highlighted a patent application by Olympus which centres around modified sensor microlenses of different heights that could help enable the efficiency of contrast detect autofocus.

I am detecting some signals that this may be linked to the promised solution for Four Thirds lens users. Anyway, the article via Google Translate can be found here: